Garment-fastener.



PATEN CHRISTIAN NYHUS, OF VILLISCA, IOWA.

eARMENi-FASTENEa SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 679,394, dated July 30, 1901. Application filed June 25, 1900. Serial No. 21,534. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom it r11/ty concern.-

Be :it known that I, CHRISTIAN NYHU's, a citizen of the United States, residing at Villisca, in the county of Montgomery and State of Iowa, have invented new and useful Improvements in Garment-Fasteners, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in garment-fasteners; and its primary object is to provide a simple and durable device which may be readily secured to garments without necessitating the use of thread. l

To this end theinvention consists in providing a loop portion and a hook portion, each of which is provided with recu rved half-spearhead prongs, which may be readily inserted through the fabric and the shoulders of which will prevent the Withdrawal thereof.

The invention also consists in the further novel construction and combination of parts, which will be hereinafter more fully described and claimed, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, showing the preferred form of my invention, and in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view showing the device in use. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the parts of the fastener in engagement with each other, said parts being shown secured to the fabric. Fig. 3 is a detail view of the loop portion of the fastener. Fig. 4 is a similar view of the hook portion. Figs. 5 and 6 are detail views of the loop-blank and hoop-blank before bent into proper shape.

In the drawings the same reference characters indicate the same parts of theinvention.

l is a cross-strip of the loop portion, form ed of any suitable material and having parallel arms or prongs 2 extending therefrom in the form of half speaiheads, leaving a rectangular opening 2a. The outer edges of these prongs are inclined outwardly from the ends thereof and are recessed at points adjacent to the strip l, forming shoulders 3 and transverse openings 3, as shown.

The hook portion of the fastener is formed from a blank of suitable material and comprises a tongue 4, which extends from one end of a substantially rectangular plate 5, leaving outer shoulders 5a. Upon the opposite end of this plate, at the sides thereof, extend parallel arms 6, the outer edge of each of which is inclined outwardly from the end thereof and is recessed near the plate 5, forming a shoulder 7 and transverse opening 7a, the arms 6 leaving a rectangular opening 6iL between them. The hook portion is formed by bending the tongue 4 upon itself and to one side of the plate 5, and the arms 6 are also bent upon themselves at the opposite side of said plate, so that this member of the fastener will appear as shown in Fig. 4.

The loop portion of the fastener is formed by simply bending the arms 2 upon themselves and over the strip l, as shown in Fig. 3. This loop portion is secured to one of the parts of the garment, to be fastened together by inserting the prongs through the fabric, as shown in Figs. l and 2. The hook portion is inserted in a similar manner in the remaining section of the garment, and the tongue 4 may then be readily placed in engagement with the cross-strip l, as is obvious.

It will be seen that after the arms 2 and 6 have once been inserted into the fabric it will be difficult to remove the same, as the shoulders 7 thereof will engage with the fabric after passing therethrough.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, the construction and advantages of my improved garment-fastener will be readily apparent Without requiring an extended eX- planation. It will be seen that the device is simple of construction, that said construction permits of its manufacture at small cost, and that it is exceedingly Well adapted for the purpose for which it is designed, and it will of course be understood that various changes in the form, proportion, and the minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages thereof.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed, and desired to be secured by Letters Patent, is-

A garment-fastener comprising a loop part constructed with a plain cross-strip havinga pair of prongs of acute shape formed with recesses providing shoulders and reduced parts bent at right angles to the cross-strip and to the prongs, so as to bring the latter in rear of and across the cross-'strip between the ends ofthe latter,and ahook part constructed with IOO of the body parallel therewith, and a reduced part providing shoulders at the other' end of the body and a tongue projecting partly in the plane of the body and returned in rear of the latter to provide a, hook. l

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

CHRISTIAN NYHUS.

Witnesses:

JOE SANDUSKY, D. WINFRED JACKSON. 

